Jorge’s BodyBlog

Ok so first off I apologize for slacking on the blogging side of things, its been a wierd and hectic week. I’ve also slacked on workouts which has really sucked. This week I had to go in to work at 5am on Wednesday so it has thrown my schedule completely out of whack. The good news is that today was our weigh-in day and I’m down a couple of pounds which was nice to see. Now if I could actually keep consistent with workouts my gains would be even greater, WOO HOO! Anyhow I’ll try to keep blogging and working out on a more consistent basis.

Ok so it is the second week of me and my wife’s weight loss adventure and thanks to Biggest Loser we were prepared to see little to no good news this week. Sure enough she lost/gained 0 and I gained 1.4 lb. To be completely honest this past week I slacked on my workouts (cardio) and wasn’t consistent with my eating habits which is key. To get a hold on our eating habits, which is our worst enemy, Jessica and I are going to start doing Weight Watchers. We’ve calculated our points allowances and have figured out points values for some of our regular foods (i.e. my morning protein shake is 4 pts). Now that we have some concrete numbers to follow our eating habits should fall in to line quick. Already this morning we’ve gone "holy crap, that has HOW many points?!?" for some of the stuff we eat regularly. Our friend Christina warned us it’d be an eye opener when you start realizing how many "bad" things you eat regularly.

Also, since Jessica wanted me to share this with everyone since she’s cooking breakfast right now, use Parkay Spray Butter when cooking to keep your points down. The spray has 0 points and is available pretty much at any grocery store.

Tonight did some interval training on the treadmill. I borrowed a page from Bill Phillips’ Body for Life program and did his 20 minute aerobics routine. It goes as follows:

Overall it wasn’t too bad, afterward I did 3 sets of 20 crunches. I feel I cheated myself a bit and could have gone harder. I think I let off on the throttle since last time I tried it I was so out of shape I couldn’t even finish it. Next time I’ll bump up speeds and inclines to really get myself to those intensity levels. I’ll give it to Bill, I tried the BFL program in high school and I really liked it. It’s based on solid principles, doesn’t get fancy and the support and structure is fantastic. If you haven’t heard about it or tried it I highly recommend it. As for the football part of my post I’ve been enjoying Bowl Week and watched Ole Miss take out Texas Tech in fine form. Gotta love the SEC. I can’t wait for the Gators to lay a beatdown on Oklahoma and I’m going to go shower and get ready to watch Alabama show Tulsa what a real football team looks like. Till next time!

Great news, last night my wife decided to join me on this fitness journey! We’re going to start working out together at our local apartment’s gym. I’d prefer to join a real gym to get access to some staples like bench press and squat racks but since we’re on a tight budget at the moment we’ve decided not to join a gym until we’ve lost a certain amount of weight using the current gym. It’s a great idea since before I’ve joined gyms and just pissed money away by not going! Another awesome idea by my wife was to use one of our white erase boards and put it in the living room with both of our current weights and the dates of every Sunday for four months. She also wrote some motivational slogans on the board for us which was really cool. In the past we’ve tried using websites and whatnot to keep track of what we’re doing but having the board in the living room is something to constantly remind us of our goals (having stuff on website and not in view tends to make one forget). Well weigh-in days are officially Sundays now so wish us luck! I’ll update on our statuses on this blog.

So I woke up this morning, legs sore and my foot hurting pretty bad. I guess my body was a bit more angry with me about actually moving than I previously thought. My foot feels like sort of a muscle sprain along the outside portion of my foot. Because it was hurting I knew running would be a bad idea but I didn’t want to miss out on cardio today so I opted for 30 minutes steady state on a bike instead. Glad I did that because my foot didn’t hurt doing that and I feel a lot better that I did do it. I’m also starting to wake up and take a protein shake and do one before and after exercise to get my protein intake up. I’m planning to do the MT Transformation contest so I figure this week is a warm up week before I really get going.